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  1. M

    Best chicken waterer that won’t rust

    Ok that’s a pretty cool waterer. I might give that one a try. Thank you so much for the help!
  2. M

    Best chicken waterer that won’t rust

    Ya I have the same thing but we have a sparrow problem and there waterer gets so nasty so quickly so I was looking for something that the sparrows couldn’t drink out of that wouldn’t rust and could still be on a heater.
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    Best chicken waterer that won’t rust

    6 chickens
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    Best chicken waterer that won’t rust

    Does anyone know of any good metal chicken waterers that won’t rust. I’ve used the same type of metal chicken water every year for like the past six years, and I’m tired of having to replace it due to the rust.
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    Sparrow feeding problem

    Ok I’ll check that out maybe it’ll be a better fit for my girls. Did the sparrows figure out that all they had to do was go down the tube to reach the food?
  6. M

    Sparrow feeding problem

    Ok I’ll give that a try. Hopefully the chickens will learn not to be to scared of the feeder. My flock of six is extremely skittish, one reason being the sparrows.
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    Sparrow feeding problem

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    Sparrow feeding problem

    Ok I’ll do that tomorrow since it’s dark where I live right now.
  9. M

    Sparrow feeding problem

    At first we had 2x4 fencing until one of my chickens was able to squeeze her way through it and escape. Then I put chicken wire up and we also have netting to keep owls out. I also put up a large plastic tarp to keep snow out of the coop.
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    Sparrow feeding problem

    I have chicken wire basically surrounding the entire coop. And netting over their outside run.
  11. M

    Sparrow feeding problem

    The feeder is under the coop as you can see in the photo. Are chicken coop is under are deck and they have a small run that leads outside into the yard.
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    Sparrow feeding problem

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    Sparrow feeding problem

    I have tried using a brick and sprinkling some food on the feeder but neither of those seem to work. I have a pretty small coop area that would seem hard for birds to get to but they still manage to find a way.
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    Sparrow feeding problem

    Its the grandpas feeder. And I started by keeping a rock on it so they knew the feed was there and then I lowered the lid a level and put a stopper on it so that the birds could still see the feed but when they stepped on the feeder it went up slightly but didn’t close all the way back down.
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    Sparrow feeding problem

    So I recently bought one of those chicken feeders that lifts open when the chicken stands on a platform. I have had a really annoying problem with sparrows and other large birds getting to the chicken food and eating all of it. The problem with this feeder is that my chickens haven’t gotten use...
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